道学

Traditional form:

道學

Pinyin (reading):

dàoxué

Definitions:

• Confucian study of ethics
• study of Daoism
• school for Daoism in Tang and Song times
• Daoist magic
• another name for 理學／理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism

Characters:

• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 学 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology

Traditional characters:

• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 學 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology